Analysing Urban Development Strategies: the OECD Approach by Adam Knelman Ostry Counsellor, Regional Development Policy adam.ostry@oecd.org Conference on Urban Development Strategies in the Mediterranean Barcelona, March 14-15, 2011
The Mandate of the OECD Founded in 1961 to: Achieve sustainable growth and employment Contribute to sound economic expansion Contribute to world trade expansion 34 Member States Forum for debate/knowledge sharing
OECD Work on Regional Development 1999: TDPC created to study regions contribution to aggregate growth/jobs Urban Rural Territorial Indicators 2003: Ministers endorse paradigm shift away from sector subsidies to reduce disparities toward multi-sector development model based on harnessing local strengths and assets to achieve growth 2009: Ministers focus on Green Growth as a new development model
TDPC s Three-Pillared Programme of Work Regional Competitiveness Factors/Patterns Innovation strategies/networks Comparative advantages FDI attraction/retention/contribution Sustainable infrastructure development Governance Multi-level coordination Horizontal collaboration Cross border cooperation Statistics and Indicators
Place-Based Analysis: Territorial Reviews National Reviews Metropolitan Reviews Rural Reviews Regional Reviews National Urban Policy Reviews National Rural Policy Reviews Cross-Sector Regional Programmes Cities and Green Growth Green Energy and Rural Development Territorial Databases (Regions at a Glance; Metropolitan Regions Database)
Regional typology: Europe TL3 Predominantly urban regions Intermediate regions Predominantly rural regions Source: OECD Territorial Database
Regional typology: North America TL3 Predominantly urban regions Intermediate regions Predominantly rural regions Source: OECD Territorial Database
Territorial Reviews of Metropolitan Regions Purpose Conceptual Framework Methodology
Metropolitan Reviews: Purpose Evaluate metropolitan competitiveness, attractiveness, sustainability Assess effectiveness, sustainability of policy approaches Assess governance efficiency and pertinence in sustaining growth
Metropolitan Reviews: Conceptual Framework Analysis of Trends, Growth Potential, Untapped Resources International Benchmarking Analysis of Policy Approaches (clusters; education/training; infrastructure; land-use; attractiveness; housing; FDI; social cohesion; climate change strategies; green growth strategies) Metropolitan Governance Urban/inter-municipal and Multi-level Fiscal Arrangements for Sustainable Metropolitan Competitiveness
Metropolitan Reviews: Methodology Letter of Commitment from Requesting Authority/ies Constitution of Local Team: Steering/operations committees of key public, academic, private actors Information Gathering: Background Report; literature Reviews; Study Missions (OECD officials, Peer Reviewers, Academic Experts) Report Production: Interim and Final Drafts Report Approval: TDPC Report Published under OECD Imprimatur
22 Metropolitan Reviews: Impact so far Montréal (2004): Newly created metropolitan government developed a road-map for its strategic policy framework, based on Report s advice Milan (2006): Central Government proposed a law to create supramunicipal tier of government, based on Report s advice Stockholm (2006): Inter-municipal cooperation strategy for EU structural funds implemented, based on Report s advice Randstad (2007): Central Government appointed Minister for Randstad, implemented a Randstad programme for accessibility and economic development and enhanced coordination between the four cities in the Randstad region, based on Report s advice Toronto (2009): Thanks to the commissioning Mayor, debates on regional trranportation/infrastructure funding, immigrant settlement and greeneconomy R&D support revived, based on Report s content
Metropolitan Reviews: Lessons Learned/Current Issues 1. Limited Availability of Data and Indicators functional metropolitan region level Comparability challenges 2. Post-Crisis competitiveness strategies/green beyond climate change? Green Growth, Green Development, Green Economy? Is greater efficiency resulting in cost savings enough? Growth that raises metropolitan well-being overall? i.e. Net Metropolitan Aggregate Growth AND Environmental Health? «Energy-based Economic Development» as the policy framework? 3. What About Equity? Metropolitan Winners and Losers? Human Capital Integration into a Sustainable Metropolitan Economy?
Metropolitan Reviews: Knowledge Sharing TDPC and its Working Parties International Conferences Inter-agency Dialogue UN Habitat EU Secretariat/Eurostat ICLEI and other NGOs World Bank OECD Roundtable of Mayors and Ministers Give local leaders a «seat at the table» of OECD s main players: central ministers of Finance, the Economy, the Environment
THANK YOU! OECD Main Contacts Lamia.KAMAL-CHAOUI@oecd.org Head, Urban Development Programme Adam.OSTRY@oecd.org Counsellor